INTODUCTORY RITE love grow, and help them forge a future for
that love.
Commentator: Good afternoon brothers and sisters in
Christ. Today we come to celebrate and
witness with joy the union of J-ann and Jeff,
in the love of Christ in the sacrament of
Matrimony.
Let us offer our prayers for them that God
may shower upon them the graces as they
begin their new life together. Let us all be
witnesses in this momentous event in the
life of J-ann and Jeff.
Processional: Wedding March
Entrance Hymn
Priest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Commentator/ All: Amen.
Priest: The grace and peace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Love of God and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Commentator/ All: And also with you.
Priest: Coming together as one family in faith, hope
and love, let us honor and give thanks to
the Lord for the love that he has bestowed
on J-ann and Jeff. May the Lord make their
As one people of God, let us all together
now examine ourselves, acknowledging our
faults, and trying to see how much have
we responded to His call of unity and love.
Commentator / All: I confess to Almighty God, and to you
my brothers and sisters, that I have
sinned through my own fault, in my
thought and in my words, in what I
have done, and in what I have failed
to do; and I ask Blessed Mary, ever
virgin, all the angels and saints, and to
you my brothers and sisters to pray for
me to the Lord our God.
Priest: May Almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our ins, and bring us to
everlasting life.
Commentator / All: Amen.
Kyrie (sung)
Gloria (sung or recited)
Commentator / All:
Glory to God in the highest and peace
to his people on earth. Lord, God,
heavenly King, Almighty God and the
Father, we worship you, we give you
thanks, we praise you for your glory.
 Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,
Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the
sins of the world, have mercy on
us. You are seated at the right hand of
the Father: receive our prayer. For you
alone are the Holy One, you alone are
the Lord. You alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ with the Holy Sprit in the
glory of God the Father. Amen.
OPENING PRAYER
Priest: Almighty God, hear our prayer for J-ann and
Jeff, who have come here today to be united
in the sacrament of marriage. Increase their
faith in you and in each other, and through
them bless your Church with Christian
children.
We Ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son, who lives and reigns with you and
the Holy Spirit one God, forever and ever.
Commentator/ All: Amen.
Commentator/ All: Please be seated and listen to the
word of God.
THE LITURGY OF THE WORDS
FIRST READING
A reading from the book of Ecclesiastes
Again, I saw vanity under the sun: it is the case
for solitary individuals, without children or
kindred; yet there is no end to all their toil, and
their eyes are never satisfied with riches. “For
whom am I toiling," they ask, “and depriving
myself of pleasure?" This also is vanity and
chasing the wind.
Two are better than one, because they have a
good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will
lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone
and falls and does not have another to help.
Again, if two shall sleep together, they keep each
other warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
And though one might prevail against another,
two will prevail against one.
This is the word of the Lord.
Commentator / All: Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Let our response be: How good is the Lord to all.
The Lord is kind and full of compassion.
slow to anger, abounding in love.
How good is the Lord to all,
compassionate to all his creatures.
All: How good is the Lord to all.
All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord,
and your friends shall repeat their blessing.
The eyes of all creatures look to you
and you give them their food in due time.
All: How good is the Lord to all.
The Lord is just in all his ways
and loving in all his deeds.
He is close to all who call him,
who call on him from their hearts.
All: How good is the Lord to all.
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the
Corinthians
Be ambitious for the higher gifts. And I am
going to show you a way that is better than any
of them.
If I have all the eloquence of men or of angels,
but speak without love, I am simply a gong
booming or a cymbal clashing. If I have the gift
of prophecy, understanding all the mysteries
there are, and knowing everything, and if I have
faith in all its fullness, to move mountains, but
without love, then I am nothing at all. If I give
away all that I possess, piece by piece, and if I
even let them take my body to burn it, but am
without love, it will do me no good whatever.
Love is always patient and kind; it is never
jealous; love is never boastful or conceited; it is
never rude or selfish; it does not take offence,
and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in
other people’s sins but delights in the truth; it is
always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to
endure whatever comes. Love does not come to
an end.
This is the word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
All: Alleluia, Alleluia!
As long as we love one another
God will live in us
and his love will be complete in us
Alleluia!
Commentator: Please stand for the Gospel

PROCLAMATION OF THE HOLY GOSPEL
Priest: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to
Mark
All: Glory to you, Lord.
Jesus said: “From the beginning of creation God
made them male and female. That is why a
man must leave father and mother, and the two
become one body. They are no longer two,
therefore, but one body. So then, what God has
united, man must not divide.”
Priest: The Gospel of the Lord.
Commentator/ All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Commentator/ All: Please be seated for the Homily.
HOMILY
WEDDING CEREMONY
Commentator: Please remain seated for the marriage rites.
May we request J-ann and Jeff to stand
up. And the principal sponsors to come
forward beside the couple.
Candle sponsors please come forward to
light the candles and assist for lighting their
candle. The candle represents the light,
which is Christ. May it be light that will shine
upon J-ann and Jeff, which will guide as
they move on their new life as married
couple.
The UNITY CANDLE – symbolizes the
union of J-ann and Jeff, lives from them to
discover their true selves in the light of the
truth. As this light undivided so their love be
one.
Priest: Dearly beloved, J-ann and Jeff, you are
here today to seal your love with an eternal
bond before the Church. I assure you of the
prayers of our community that God may pour
his abundant blessings on your love and help
you to carry out the duties of the married
state. And you, dear brothers and sisters, may
I ask you to help them with prayers and
accept them as a new couple in our Christian
community.
SCRUTINY
Priest: May I ask you to answer truthfully the
following questions.
J-ann, did you come here of your own free
will to bind yourself forever in the love and
service of your husband?
Bride: Yes, Father.
Bride: Yes, I do.
Priest: Jeff, did you come here of your own free will
to bind yourself forever in the love and Priest: Jeff, do you take J-ann, here present, for your
service of your wife? lawful wife according to the Rite of Our Holy
Mother, the Church?
Groom: Yes, Father.
Groom: Yes, I do.
Priest: J-ann and Jeff, Are you ready to raise as good
Christians the children whom will be given Priest: Do you give yourself to her as her husband?
you?
Groom: Yes, I do.
Bride & Groom: Yes, Father.
Priest: Do you accept her as your lawful wife?

EXCHANGE OF CONSENT: Groom: Yes, I do.

Priest: J-ann and Jeff, since you wish to contract Holy
Matrimony, please join your right hands and
express your intention before God and His
Church.
(The bride and groom join their hands)
Priest: Now, please say together with (or after) me:
Grant us, O Lord/ to be one heart and one
soul/ from this day forward/ for better or for
worse, for richer or for poorer/ in sickness and
in health until death do us part.

Priest: J-ann, do you take Jeff, here present, for your CONFIRMATION OF THE MARRIAGE BOND:
lawful husband according to the Rite of Our
Holy Mother, the Church? Priest: And I, by the authority of the Church, calling
on all those present here as witnesses,
Bride: Yes, I do. confirm and bless the bond of the marriage
which you have contracted. In the name of
Priest: Do you give yourself to him as his wife? the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit.
Bride: Yes, I do.
Commentator / All: Amen.
Priest: Do you accept him as your lawful husband?
BLESSING OF ARRHAE AND RINGS:
Commentator: Please rise for the blessing of the rings and
the arrhae.
Priest: J-ann and Jeff, we shall now bless your arrhae
and rings. Our help in the name of the Lord.
Commentator / All: He made heaven and earth.
Priest: Let us pray. Bless, O Lord, your servants J-ann
and Jeff, with sufficiency of material
possessions which these arrhae symbolize so
that may use them to attain eternal life,
through Christ our Lord.
Commentator / All: Amen.
Priest: Bless, O Lord, these rings so that your
servants J-ann and Jeff, who wear them may
ever live in mutual love and in unbroken
loyalty, through Christ our Lord.
Commentator / All: Amen.
(The priest sprinkles holy waters on the arrhae & rings)
GIVING OF THE WEDDING RINGS AND ARRHAE:
Priest: Now give these rings to one another, and say
after me.
(The grooms takes the bride’s ring from the priest and
puts it on the bride’s finger and says after the priest)
Groom: J-ann, wear this ring/ as a sign of my love and
loyalty./ In the name of the Father/ and of the
Son/ and of the Holy Spirit.
(The brides takes the groom’s ring from the priest and
puts it on the groom’s ring finger, saying after the
priest.)
Bride: Jeff, wear this ring/ as a sign of my love and
loyalty./ in the name of the Father/ and of the
Son/ and of the Holy Spirit.
(The grooms takes now the arrhae in both hands; the
brides places her cupped hands under those of the
groom, saying after the priest.)
Grooms: J-ann, I give this arrhae/ as a pledge of my
dedication/ to your welfare/ in the name of
the Father/ and of the Son/ and of the Holy
Spirit. Amen.
Brides: And I accept them.
Priest: Bless, O Lord, this Bible so that your servants
J-ann and Jeff, who shall use them will
continue to place You in the center of their
lives. May they continue to help spread your
message to other people, and may they instill
this too, in their children you will bless them,
through Christ our Lord.
Bride: Jeff, I give you this bible as an expression of
my common desire to continuously seek and
follow the will and wisdom of God in every
step and moment of our life, May He bless our
commitment to know and serve him better.
Priest: Brothers and sisters, may I present to you the
newly married couple in our Christian
community: Mr. & Mr. Jeffrey and Joan Gianne
Tan. Let us acknowledge them as husband
and wife by giving, them a hearty applause.
Commentator: Please stand for the prayers of the faithful.
PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL
Priest: Dearly beloved, let us now pray for the Church
and for our newly wedded couple whose
marriage reflects her union with Christ. Let
our response be:
LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
- For the Holy Church spread all over the
world, for the Pope, Bishops and Priest,
that they may faithfully preach Jesus
teaching of love and peace. Let us pray to
the Lord… (res.)
- For leaders in the government, and ruler of
every nation in the world. That they may
adhere to our Lord’s teaching of Christians
service, and be instrument of unity. Let us
pray to the Lord… (res.)
- For the suffering & those in trials of
affliction that they may find hope &
consolation in Jesus. Let us pray to the
Lord… (res.)
- For their parents, that the Lord may
reward them for the care & understanding
they have showed upon their children. And
that they may be a source of inspiration &
guidance. Let us pray to the Lord… (res.)
- For those who have joined in life with J-
ann and Jeff, their brothers and sisters,
relatives and friends, and all of us here
present in this gathering that they may
remain as source of encouragement to
them. Let us pray to the Lord… (res.)
Priest: Almighty, eternal God, look down with favor
upon your servants. Grant them to remain
faithful to you and to one another. At the end
of a long and well-spent life, reward them
with eternal happiness together with their
children and with all those who love them.
Through Christ our Lord.
Commentator / All: Amen.
Commentator: Please be seated for the Offertory
Procession.
AFTER OFFERTORY
Commentator: May we request the couple to kneel for the
laying of the veil and cord.
Commentator: Veil sponsors, please come forward. The
veil is the symbol of God’s presence. Just like
the cloud that overshadows journeyers in
times of weariness in a dessert, so does God’s
 love comfort us in times of trials. Its whiteness Priest: Pray, my brothers and sisters that our sacrifice
reflects the purity and simplicity of God’s may be acceptable to God, the Almighty
presence among us. Father.

Commentator: Cord sponsors, please come forward. The
cord is the symbol of God’s faithfulness to his
Church. Let this symbol be a sign of your
fidelity and commitment to one another. Just
like the way Christ love his Church, so let the
same unconditional love reign in your
marriage life.
Commentator / All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at
your hands, for the praise and Glory of His
name, for our good and the good of all His
Church.
Commentator: Please rise.
PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS

Priest: Lord, accept our sufferings for this newly-

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Priest: Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation.
Through your goodness we have this bread to
offer, which the earth has given and human
hands have made. It will become for us the
bread of life.
married couple J-ann and Jeff. By your love
and providence you have brought them
together, now bless them all the days of their
married life. We ask this through Christ our
Lord.
Commentator / All: Amen.

Commentator/ All: Blessed be God forever. PREFACE

Priest: By the mystery of this water and wine, may Priest: The Lord be with you.
we come to share in the divinity of Christ who
humbled himself to share in our humanity. Commentator / All: And also with you.

Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. Priest: Lift up your hearts.
Through your goodness we have this wine to
Commentator / All: We lift them up to the Lord.
offer, fruit of the vine and work of human
hands. It will become our spiritual drink. Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
Commentator / All: Blessed be God forever. Comentator/ All: It is right to give Him thanks and
praise.
Priest: Father, all powerful and ever-living God, we
do well always and everywhere to give you
thanks. By this sacrament your grace unites
man and woman in an unbreakable bond of
love and peace. You have designed the chaste
love of husband and wife for the increase of
both of the human family and of your own
family born in baptism.
You are the loving Father of the world of
nature; you are the loving Father of the new
creation of grace. In Christian marriage you
bring together the two orders of creation:
nature’s gift of children enriches the world and
your grace enriches also your Church.
Through Christ the choirs of angels and all the
saints praise and worship your glory. May our
voices blend with theirs as we join in their
unending hymn of praise:
Comentator / All: Holy (3x) Lord, God of power and
might, heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in
the highest.
Commentator: Please kneel.
Priest: Lord, You are Holy indeed, the fountain of all
holiness. Let your Spirit come upon these gifts
to make them holy, so that they may become
for us the body and blood of our Lord, Jesus
Christ.
Before He was given up to death, a death He
freely accepted, he took the bread and gave
you thanks. He broke the bread, gave it to His
disciples and said: TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU AND
EAT IT, THIS IS MY BODY WHICH WILL BE GIVEN
UP FOR YOU.
When supper was ended, He took the cup.
Again He gave you thanks and praise, gave
the cup to his disciples, and said: TAKE THIS,
ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT: THIS IS THE
CUP OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE NEW
AND EVERLASTING COVENANT. IT WILL BE SHED
FOR YOU AND FOR ALL MEN, SO THAT SINS MAY
BE FORGIVEN. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
ACCLAMATION
Priest: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith.
Commentator: Please rise.
Commentator / All: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ
will come again.
Priest: In memory of His death and resurrection, we
offer You Father this life-giving bread, this
saving cup. We thank you for counting us
worthy to stand in your presence and serve
You. May all of us who share and blood of
Christ be brought together in the unity by the
Holy Spirit.
Lord, remember Your Church throughout the
world: make us grow in love, together with
 Benedict our Pope, Carlo our Bishop and all
the clergy.
Remember our brothers and sisters who have
gone to their rest in hope of rising again, bring
them and all the departed into the light of
Your presence.
Have mercy on us all; make us worthy to
share eternal life with Mary, the Virgin Mother
of God, with the Apostles, and with all the
saints, who have done Your will throughout
the ages. May we praise You in union them,
and give you glory, through your Son Jesus
Christ.
Through Him, with Him, and in Him; in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is
yours, Almighty Father, forever and ever.
Commentator / All: Amen
Priest: Let us pray with confidence to the Father in
the words our Savior gave us.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Commentator / All: OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, HOLY BE
YOUR NAME, YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR
WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN
HEAVEN GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY
BREAD, FORGIVE US OUR SINS, AS WE
FORGIVE THOSE WHO SIN AGAINST US, DO
NOT BRING US TO THE TEST, BUT DELIVER
US FROM EVIL.
Commentator/ All: Amen.
NUPTIAL BLESSING
Priest: My dear friends, let us turn to the Lord and
pray that he will bless with His grace, J-ann,
now married to Jeff, and that through the
sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, He
will unite in love the couple He has joined in
this Holy Bond.
Holy Father, creator of the universe, Maker of
man and woman in your likeness, source of
blessing for married life. We humbly pray to
you for this woman, who today is united with
her husband in this Sacrament of Marriage.
May your fullest blessing come upon her and
her husband, so that they may together
rejoice in your gift of married love and enrich
your Church with their children.
Lord, may they both praise you when they are
happy and turn to you in their sorrows. May
they be glad that you help them in their work
and know that you are with them in their
need. May they pray to you in the community
of the church and be your witnesses in the
world. May they reach old age in the company
of their friends and come at last to the
kingdom of heaven. We ask these through
Christ our Lord.
Commentator / All: Amen.
COMMUNION RITE
Priest: Lord Jesus Christ, You said to Your apostles:
“I leave you peace, my peace I give you.”
Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your
Church and grant us the peace the unity of
Your Kingdom, where you live forever and
ever.
Commentator / All: Amen.
Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
Commentator / All: And also with you.
Priest: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
Comentator/ All: Peace be with you.
Commentator / All: LAMB OF GOD, YOU TAKE AWAY THE
SINS OF THE WORLD; HAVE MERCY ON US.
(2X) LAMB OF GOD YOU TAKE AWAY THE
SINS OF THE WORLD; GRANT US PEACE.
Commentator: Please kneel.
Priest: This is the Lamb of God who takes away the
sins of the world. Happy are those who are
called to His supper.
Commentator / All: Lord, I am not worthy to receive You,
but only say the word and I shall be healed.
COMMUNION HYMN
Commentator: (Removal of veil, cord and ribbon) May we
request the secondary sponsors to remove the
veil, cord and ribbon from the couple.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Commentator: Please all rise.
Priest: Let us pray: Lord, in your love you have given
us this Eucharist to unite us with one another
and with you. As you have made J-ann and
Jeff, one in this sacrament of marriage and in
sharing of the one bread and one cup, so now
make them one in love for each other. We ask
this through Christ our Lord.
Commentator/ All: Amen.
CONCLUDING RITE
Priest: J-ann and Jeff, now that you have received
the Holy Sacrament of Matrimony I admonish
you to remain faithful to one another.
J-ann, love your husband and be a good
housewife; persevere in faith and love and
holiness.
Jeff, love your wife as Christ loves His Church
and live with her in the holy fear of the Lord.
Priest: The Lord be with you.
Commentator / All: And also with you.
SOLEMN BLESSING
 I wrote your name in the sand,
Priest: May God the eternal Father keep you steadfast in but the waves washed it away.
your love I wrote your name in my heart,
and forever it will stay.
All: Amen.
-- JEFF
Priest: May you have children to bless you, friends to
console you and may you live in peace with all
people.

All: Amen.

Priest: May the peace of Christ dwell in your home. May

the angels of God protect it and may the Holy
family of Nazareth be its model and inspiration.

All: Amen.

Priest: May almighty God bless you, the Father,  the Son
and the Holy Spirit

All: Amen.

Priest: The mass is ended. Go in peace to love and serve

the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

We would like to thank you for sharing this day with us and
we look forward to your continued friendship throughout
J-ANN our married life.

I wrote your name in the sky, We also want to thank you all, especially our parents,
but the wind blew it away. for all their love and support throughout the years.
J-ann and Jeff